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Earth’s green canopy gets online protector
February 21, 2014
Earth’s green canopy gets online protector
A new online monitoring system will make it possible to quickly check the condition of tropical forests around the globe that were previously under no surveillance, potentially increasing pressure on governments to stop deforestation.
Washington-based World Resources Institute (WRI) will provide public access to the new tool to evaluate forests worldwide. Global Forest Watch (GFW) was developed by dozens of institutions with the help of Google Inc’s Earth Engine. It promises to improve scrutiny of changes in forest cover in vulnerable areas of Southeast Asia, Africa and the Amazon.
“With the exception f Brazil, none of the tropical forest countries have been able to report the state of their forests,” said Rebecca Moore, engineering manager with Google Earth Outreach and Earth Engine. “Now it will be possible to have near real-time updates of the state of the world’s forests, open to anyone to use.”
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